Spring Grads-- Employed yet?
 

I'm not, grrrr..... but oh well. Got another rejection letter today. Just wondering how everyone else is making out.

What is your degree in?

i graduated this spring. i have a decent paying job, but it's temp and has nothing to do with my degree. i am a graphic designer but the job is correcting backorders for parts repair. we work with companies around the world.

i am hopefully going back to school in the fall for more stuff and to kill time. it depends on the job. they may keep me on or i will get dropped and will find an internship somewhere else.

I've had a billion interviews but, alas, nothing. I've always gotten the 2nd interview for every company I meet with. The even cooler thing is that I have always been one of the top people under consideration for the job. Unfortunately, I'm never THE top person. It's just disheartning because I get so far in the interview process only to be told every time, "It was down to just a few people and you were one of those people but we've decided to go with someone else" or "It was between you and someone else but the other person has more experience so we went with them." It's like a catch-22; companies want to hire people with experience but how can I gain that experience if they're not willing to hire me? grrrrrr.
In the meantime, I work at a retail store. The most aggravating thing is that I know my management is less educated than me and I feel I could do their jobs better. But, it's the only thing I've got right now so I just suck it up and hope that I'll find something else soon.

Still doing a lot of interviewing/sending out resumes and stuff.

I'm working as a preschool teacher still, and doing babysitting on the side; but it's not at all what I want to do, I can't really take it for much longer.

I'm a NYC Dept. of Education employee! I'm in an alternate certification program for Education called the NYCTeachingFellows. I will have my very own classroom this fall. :eek: Don't know the school yet just that it will be in the Bronx. Right now as part of our training I'm helping out in summer school @ PS85 :)

Not employed yet, but that's by choice. I'll be entering graduate school in the Fall, but I'm taking a summer school course starting Monday because...well, I hate just working during the summer.

If I don't go back now, I'll never go back.

I still have not found a job yet, but I am planning on going back to school in the fall. Unfortunately, all of the schools I have applied to have been dragging their feet for grad and second degree programs. I guess I could find a job if I really wanted one, but I refuse to work a low paying job now that I have my degree.

Nope, I'm off to grad school in the fall. I do still have my part-time job from college.

Same here, I'm going straight back to graduate school. Although most of my friends graduated with jobs in their field, this current administration hasn't been too kind to the arts; it makes more sense for me just to go back and get my M.Arch as soon as possible.

FFFFF****!!!!!$$$$$$$$

Just got another rejection email! What's up with that? I feel like such a serious loser! I can't take it!

I'm really sorry to hear that :(

I'm sure I don't have to say finding (and keeping) a job right now is extremely tough.

My boyfriend who graduated with an IT degree in August 2002 just recently found his job this past February.

My older biological sister was lucky to find a job right after she graduated this past December, but she just recently got laid off as her company is closing their Texas office. :(

I had been part-time job hunting since January and just got a job earlier this month.. so it's pretty crazy that it's even hard to find part-time work.

Keep your head up girl... you're not a serious loser! The job market just really sucks right now :(

Not yet-- it's my fault though, I have to get more on top of applying for jobs... I never thought I'd be out of college looking in the NYTimes classifieds... the worst is I've been shopping more because of my free time and I'm thinking I need a part-time job while I look for a full-time one. The worst part is that I graduated with a journalism degree (broadcast) but I want to work in the entertainment industry with a movie studio. I've had all of these internships, yet I feel like I don't have the skills I need.

I graduated this spring, and unfortunately I do not have a job either. I've heard a lot of teachers get hired in August, so I am crossing my fingers, but I may end up subbing for another year.

I got 2 offers and work at an investment bank as an analyst. I don't know how much passion I have for it so I might not be there too long before applying to some sort of grad school.

-Rudey
--I want all of you by The Verve Pipe is cheesy but I like it a lot.